Christmas Quotes
“The only thing that Christmas didn’t change was our refusal to change, for God extends invitations but He does not demand that we accept them.”
-Craig D. Lounsbrough
“Christmas it seems to me is a necessary festival; we require a season when we can regret all the flaws in our human relationships: it is the feast of failure, sad but consoling.”
-Graham Greene, Travels With My Aunt
“Christmas time! That man must be a misanthrope indeed, in whose breast something like a jovial feeling is not roused— in whose mind some pleasant associations are not awakened— by the recurrence of Christmas.”
-Charles Dickens, Sketches By Boz
“I nearly went off the deep end at that. The house seemed to be full of lunatics who never gave away anything they knew until it was just too late. But I did manage to tell the fool to explain himself.”
-Mavis Doriel Hay, The Santa Klaus Murder
“Micah kissed me. Greg wasn't entirely sure who to thank--- God or Santa.”
-K.C. Wells, A Christmas Promise
“Christmas, my child, is love in action. Every time we love, every time we give, it's Christmas.”
-Dale Evans Rogers
“Whether you are with those you love or alone, you are contributing to Christmas, in your own way.”
-Eleesha, The Soulful Pathway To Christmas: 100 Channeled Affirmations And Quotes To Positively Inspire You At Christmas
“We must leave Christmas to be what it is, for to reduce it to the stuff of myth and whimsy is take the single and sole hope of a dying humanity and obliterate it. And I would contend that such an action is insanity of the greatest sort.”
-Craig D. Lounsbrough, An Intimate Collision: Encounters With Life And Jesus
“There would be no Christmas if there was no Easter.”
-Gordon B. Hinckley
“She couldn’t run away from him. She’d be running from her own heart.”
-Kerrelyn Sparks, All I Want For Christmas Is A Vampire
“The day you stop getting excited about Christmas is the day you become officially old.”
-Stewart Stafford
“Christmas is a holy time to rekindle our love for another.”
-Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
“Tizzy squawked, and he bounced like a ball on the floor.
“I completely forgot; Santa said something more.
He said that a book gives your very thoughts wings,
That carry you off to see wonderful things,
That lift you aloft, throughout time, throughout space
To every era and every place!”
“I completely forgot; Santa said something more.
He said that a book gives your very thoughts wings,
That carry you off to see wonderful things,
That lift you aloft, throughout time, throughout space
To every era and every place!”
-Dorothea Jensen, Tizzy, The Christmas Shelf Elf
“I know what I really want for Christmas.
I want my childhood back.
Nobody is going to give me that. I might give at least the memory of it to myself if I try. I know it doesn't make sense, but since when is Christmas about sense, anyway? It is about a child, of long ago and far away, and it is about the child of now. In you and me. Waiting behind the door of or hearts for something wonderful to happen. A child who is impractical, unrealistic, simpleminded and terribly vulnerable to joy.”
I want my childhood back.
Nobody is going to give me that. I might give at least the memory of it to myself if I try. I know it doesn't make sense, but since when is Christmas about sense, anyway? It is about a child, of long ago and far away, and it is about the child of now. In you and me. Waiting behind the door of or hearts for something wonderful to happen. A child who is impractical, unrealistic, simpleminded and terribly vulnerable to joy.”
-Robert Fulghum, All I Really Need To Know I Learned In Kindergarten
“Christmas is God coming to the very place that we would never think to look for Him. And I think He did that because we live in the very places that the world would never think to look for us.”
-Craig D. Lounsbrough
“The angels heralded the birth of the Savior, John the Baptist heralded the coming of the Savior, and we herald the gospel of the Savior.”
-Katy Kauffman, 2 Timothy: Winning The Victory
“The spirit of Christmas is a sweet, internal peace that testifies of the power of kindness and charity.”
-Richelle E. Goodrich, Slaying Dragons
“No, Roger had not seen the funny side. But there had been a moment when, after looking at his watch, he had thought: I can remember when Christmas morning would start at about half past ten with a glass of Buck's Fizz in bed. Now it begins at half past five, with a test of my fine motor skills and ability to read Korean.”
-John Lanchester, Capital
“Christmas is best pondered, not with logic, but with imagination.”
-Max Lucado
“Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love.”
-Hamilton Wright Mabie
“What do you think of Christmas?"
"I like it," she said. "I think we should have it every year.”
"I like it," she said. "I think we should have it every year.”
-Liz Flaherty, One More Summer
“To see the first sun rise in New Year is the most sacredness of existence.”
-Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls Of Wisdom: Great Mind
“This is the way the wheel turns, coming at last to full circle, with wild as well as tame at he crib; lion and turtle-dove together an barnyard beasts lying down with the fox. For wild and tame are but two hlaves and here, where all begins and ends, everything must be whole.
And always, among the sleepers, there must be somebody waking - somewhere, someone, waking and watchful. Or what would happen to the world..?”
And always, among the sleepers, there must be somebody waking - somewhere, someone, waking and watchful. Or what would happen to the world..?”
-P.L. Travers, The Fox At The Manger
“The frame of the mirror was a deep mahogany and carved with an intricate design of what appeared in the dim light to be leaves and vines. The mirror’s surface was clouded with dust and age, so much that Quinn could not even see his own reflection. On impulse, he rubbed a small circle with the back of his wrist but beneath the dust the glass was still milky and unclear. ~ "The Mirror”
-Cassie McCown, Christmas Lites
“The reason for the season is Christ. Let’s not forget that.”
-Toni Sorenson
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“It is currently said that hope goes with youth, and lends to youth its wings of a butterfly; but I fancy that hope is the last gift given to man, and the only gift not given to youth. Youth is pre-eminently the period in which a man can be lyric, fanatical, poetic; but youth is the period in which a man can be hopeless. The end of every episode is the end of the world. But the power of hoping through everything, the knowledge that the soul survives its adventures, that great inspiration comes to the middle-aged; God has kept that good wine until not. It is from the backs of the elderly gentlemen that the wings of the butterfly should burst.”
-G.K. Chesterton, Charles Dickens: A Critical Study
“Jesus came to be the light for the world, and then there's the Christmas star and the idea of letting your light shine...But not blinding your neighbor with it.”
-Marta Perry, An Amish Family Christmas: Heart Of Christmas / A Plain Holiday
“The magi, as you know, were wise men--wonderfully wise men--who brought gifts to the Babe in the manger. They invented the art of giving Christmas presents. Being wise, their gifts were no doubt wise ones, possibly bearing the privilege of exchange in case of duplication. And here I have lamely related to you the uneventful chronicle of two foolish children in a flat who most unwisely sacrificed for each other the greatest treasures of their house. But in a last word to the wise of these days let it be said that of all who give gifts these two were the wisest. O all who give and receive gifts, such as they are wisest. Everywhere they are wisest. They are the magi.”
-O. Henry, The Gift Of The Magi
“Near the land of the convertible moon; there's a mystical star - the star of promise.”
-Sir Kristian Goldmund Aumann
“Do you need help with anything?" he asked with a wicked arched brow. "Maybe with cookies for Santa."
Scowling because no one was here but us, I said, "You're a bit late for that. Santa already came."
He hadn't moved, but I knew better than to think he would. Flynn was a pro at filling the bubble air space that was meant to be private and personal. "And were you a good girl?" he asked.
Awkwardly folding my arms over my chest, I said, "Not sure, I haven't checked. But you needn't look. We all know you are all bad."
Laughing, he said, "Yeah, well, there are other things worth unwrapping."
Grinding my teeth, I asked, "What, you didn't get your Ho, Ho, Ho, last night?"
Tossing back another full belly laugh, he said, "You know you're kind of funny when you want to be.”
Scowling because no one was here but us, I said, "You're a bit late for that. Santa already came."
He hadn't moved, but I knew better than to think he would. Flynn was a pro at filling the bubble air space that was meant to be private and personal. "And were you a good girl?" he asked.
Awkwardly folding my arms over my chest, I said, "Not sure, I haven't checked. But you needn't look. We all know you are all bad."
Laughing, he said, "Yeah, well, there are other things worth unwrapping."
Grinding my teeth, I asked, "What, you didn't get your Ho, Ho, Ho, last night?"
Tossing back another full belly laugh, he said, "You know you're kind of funny when you want to be.”
-Shannon Dermott, Beg For Mercy
“I wish you a joyful Christmas and a miraculous New Year.”
-Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls Of Wisdom: Great Mind
“Of course, my Christmas is (so much more) gorgeous and romantic (than Germany's)!! And unlike the rest of the world, we leave wine behind for Santa Claus!"
"So Santa-san is delivering gifts to children while driving under the influence . . . ?”
"So Santa-san is delivering gifts to children while driving under the influence . . . ?”
-Hidekaz Himaruya, Hetalia: Axis Powers, Vol. 2
“So on Christmas morning I was up at five o'clock, making the fire as bright as a furnace, baking minc'd pies and boiling plum puddings the size of Medici cannonballs, and setting three sides of roast beef to turn on the spits. Soon I breathed again that steam that tells the soul it is Christmas, and all the year' work done, and time for feasting; the smell of oranges, sugarplums and cloves, all mingled with roasting meats.”
-Martine Bailey, An Appetite For Violets
“As I wrote 'The Christmas Lamp' I realized that tradition is priceless, whether you have a small family, a large family, or no family.
Tradition doesn't have to be logical; it only has to emphasize the light of Christ and his everlasting love.”
Tradition doesn't have to be logical; it only has to emphasize the light of Christ and his everlasting love.”
-Lori Copeland, The Christmas Lamp
“Despite my incessant desperation, I simply cannot paint the perfect picture within which I would wish to live out my life. And because I cannot, God picked up the brush of love, positioned the canvas of history and painted a manger.”
-Craig D. Lounsbrough
“Live every day in the full expression of God’s grace in this coming year.”
-Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls Of Wisdom: Great Mind
“Christmas is a necessity. There has to be at least one day of the year to remind us that we're here for something else besides ourselves.”
-Eric Severeid
“Once again, we come to the holiday season, a deeply religious time that each of us observes, in his own way, by going to the mall of his choice.”
-Dave Barry
“Let the life of one so dear be celebrated and embraced - with each passing day.”
-Eleesha, The Soulful Pathway To Christmas: 100 Channeled Affirmations And Quotes To Positively Inspire You At Christmas
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“You ought to pause and enjoy the peace in the moment.”
-Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls Of Wisdom: Great Mind
“Okay, tough girl,” he said softly, nuzzling at her throat. “No questions. No talking. You go ahead and give ignoring what’s still between us your best shot. I’ll wait right here.”
-Jill Shalvis, Holiday Wishes
“Christmas is God deciding to find people who didn’t want to be found but could not afford not to be found.”
-Craig D. Lounsbrough
“What could be more exciting than an October day? It's your birthday, Fourth of July and Christmas all rolled into one.”
-Peggy Toney Horton
“What’s special about a story if I could have thought it up? What’s special about a story if I was actually courageous enough to play a part in it? What’s special about the Christmas story is that I am incapable of doing either but God did both.”
-Craig D. Lounsbrough
“Keeping Christ in Christmas" is like showing up at someone's house every year, insisting on a party they never planned and never agreed to.”
-Rebecca McKinsey
“Christmas is not something that sprang from the musings of some person who creatively devised caricatures of elves, spiraling candy canes, visions of a magical city whose foundation was nestled in the far reaches of the North Pole, or embellishments of a kindly bishop spun by myth into a bearded old man in a red suit.”
-Craig D. Lounsbrough
“Human beings, when confronted with the strange and inexplicable, have an immediate instinct to get back to the accustomed and the normal. We do not hug our miracles close; we put them hastily away, preferring the commonplace to live with it. It is as if some compulsive hand wipes clean the wall on which the handwriting appeared.”
-Fulton Oursler, The Greatest Story Ever Told
“I was that kind of tired you feel when you’ve spent a day in a hospital while a loved one undergoes surgery and comes through all right, the loved one, of course, being myself, and Christmas being the surgical procedure.”
-Vicki Covington, Bird Of Paradise
“We have been granted an exclusive part in the greatest story ever told. And without a doubt, to walk away from that part would be to write greatest tragedy ever conceived.”
-Craig D. Lounsbrough
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“There are always Uncles at Christmas.”
-Dylan Thomas, A Child's Christmas In Wales
“Bevve un sorso di caffè e si sporse in avanti per ravvivare il fuoco, poi prese un libro dal tavolino e cercò di concentrarsi nella lettura.
Tentativo patetico e inutile.
Pensò allora a come sarebbe stato condividere il ranch con una donna, un pensiero che negli ultimi tempi ritornava spesso.
Pensò a Renée che se ne era andata con Craig Haas.
Pensò a Rosalyn, che gli riscaldava il corpo ma non il cuore.
Poi pensò a Maggie.
A come si era sciolta tra le sue braccia e a come si era sciolto lui quando l’aveva sentita fremere contro di sé.”
Tentativo patetico e inutile.
Pensò allora a come sarebbe stato condividere il ranch con una donna, un pensiero che negli ultimi tempi ritornava spesso.
Pensò a Renée che se ne era andata con Craig Haas.
Pensò a Rosalyn, che gli riscaldava il corpo ma non il cuore.
Poi pensò a Maggie.
A come si era sciolta tra le sue braccia e a come si era sciolto lui quando l’aveva sentita fremere contro di sé.”
-Viviana Giorgi, Tutta Colpa Del Vento
“The spirit of Christmas exists in harmonious carols like those sung by angels on the day of Christ’s birth.”
-Richelle E. Goodrich, Slaying Dragons
“Let love be the greatest gift you give to one another.”
-Lailah Gifty Akita
“Look toward the Soul's guidance, which is not just ready to be shared - but, awaits you acceptance.”
-Eleesha, The Soulful Pathway To Christmas: 100 Channeled Affirmations And Quotes To Positively Inspire You At Christmas
“It's not about presents but it is about your presence. Therein lies the spirit of the holiday season.”
-Julieanne O'Connor
“If we choose to make the darkness our light we must ascribe Christmas to the genre of childish myths of the most mythical sort, for that is the only way to make it dark enough for us to tolerate it.”
-Craig D. Lounsbrough
“I know what might make me feel better,” she said, smiling as he let out a low rumble in his throat, his dragon peeking out in his gaze, telling her he wanted to play too.
Drake cupped the side of her face gently, stroking a thumb over her cheek. “Aren’t you supposed to meet my mom and aunts for dinner?”
She lifted a shoulder, the sheet rustling slightly under the movement. “I can be a little bit late.”
Laughing lightly, he leaned forward and pressed his lips over hers for a far too short kiss. “If we start something now, you won’t be just a little late. You won’t make it at all.”
Drake cupped the side of her face gently, stroking a thumb over her cheek. “Aren’t you supposed to meet my mom and aunts for dinner?”
She lifted a shoulder, the sheet rustling slightly under the movement. “I can be a little bit late.”
Laughing lightly, he leaned forward and pressed his lips over hers for a far too short kiss. “If we start something now, you won’t be just a little late. You won’t make it at all.”
-Katie Reus, A Very Dragon Christmas
“When purchasing gifts becomes the focal point of the season, we lose focus on what's truly important.”
-Joshua Fields Millburn
“Crime doesn’t take a holiday. It changes costume for the season, and Christmas is the season for domestic violence. Too much pressure to deliver the perfect gift, and not enough money. Too little to say, and too much alcohol encouraging confessions. Never enough love or imagination to deliver the dream.”
-Peter Kirby, The Dead Of Winter
“God put Santa Claus on earth to remind us that Christmas is 'sposed to be a happy time.”
-Bil Keane, Jeffy's Lookin' At Me
“For me, there isn't some miracle cure, this is my life, or my disease will progress and my life will change focus again, and I'll have another new life.
I need C to stay right where he is now because for now, I don't know enough to move from where I am.
My hypothesis is that the light will come back, both outside and inside me.
I'm afraid and angry, but the light is a theory I want to prove.
Until then, I just have to keep the experiment going with as many controls as possible.
One bus, back and forth.
One store.
One man, his words under glass.”
I need C to stay right where he is now because for now, I don't know enough to move from where I am.
My hypothesis is that the light will come back, both outside and inside me.
I'm afraid and angry, but the light is a theory I want to prove.
Until then, I just have to keep the experiment going with as many controls as possible.
One bus, back and forth.
One store.
One man, his words under glass.”
-Mary Ann Rivers, Snowfall
“Christmas was an intentionally intentional decision of the greatest sort ever devised that would result in the greatest cost ever conceived; God would die.”
-Craig D. Lounsbrough
“But even airplanes heading toward Belgium can work magic, if you have luck and love and Christmas on your side.”
-Katherine Rundell, One Christmas Wish
“At Christmas play and make good cheer, For Christmas comes but once a year.”
-Thomas Tusser
“By Soulfully understanding all you are - there is no need to fret about what to do next, or when.”
-Eleesha, The Soulful Pathway To Christmas: 100 Channeled Affirmations And Quotes To Positively Inspire You At Christmas
“Mankind is a great, an immense family... This is proved by what we feel in our hearts at Christmas.”
-Pope John XXIII
“If you can't find the spirit of the holidays in your heart, you'll never find it under a tree.”
-Michael Holbrook
“Trust all you wish to achieve, in the aftermath of Christmas will harmoniously begin to unfold.”
-Eleesha, The Soulful Pathway To Christmas: 100 Channeled Affirmations And Quotes To Positively Inspire You At Christmas
“I wish you a blessed Christmas and a wonderful New Year.”
-Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls Of Wisdom: Great Mind
“Don’t spoil Christmas Day by anticipating how it will be. Let is unfold as it does, and be grateful for whatever comes.”
-Toni Sorenson
“My name is JJ and I would like to welcome you to the happiest place in the world, Santa's workshop.”
-James Barbato, The Magic Christmas Ornament
“As long as we know in our hearts what Christmas ought to be, Christmas is.”
-Eric Sevareid
“Summon your inner courage to ensure you strive unhindered - toward your chosen goals.”
-Eleesha, The Soulful Pathway To Christmas: 100 Channeled Affirmations And Quotes To Positively Inspire You At Christmas
“Why did a demon who possessed the savage strength of a werewolf also need such compelling beauty?
It was one of those philosophical questions that had no answer.
Like why Firefly had been canceled after just one season.”
It was one of those philosophical questions that had no answer.
Like why Firefly had been canceled after just one season.”
-Alexandra Ivy, A Very Levet Christmas
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“Snowflakes swirl down gently in the deep blue haze beyond the window. The outside world is a dream.
Inside, the fireplace is brightly lit, and the Yule log crackles with orange and crimson sparks.
There’s a steaming mug in your hands, warming your fingers.
There’s a friend seated across from you in the cozy chair, warming your heart.
There is mystery unfolding.”
Inside, the fireplace is brightly lit, and the Yule log crackles with orange and crimson sparks.
There’s a steaming mug in your hands, warming your fingers.
There’s a friend seated across from you in the cozy chair, warming your heart.
There is mystery unfolding.”
-Vera Nazarian, The Perpetual Calendar Of Inspiration
“You know the real reason we celebrate Christmas, don't you? I mean, beyond Santa Claus and jungle bells and Christmas trees?
You mean because Jesus was born? she asked.
Yes... but did you ever think how Jesus was born? I mean, have you considered how it was such a humble birth, in a small barn...how he was laid in a hay trough...how the Son if almighty God humbled himself to be born in such lowly conditions? Have you thought about it like that? Jesus could have been born in a fine palace. After all, he was the Son of God. But for some reason God chose humble beginnings for His son. Do you ever wonder why? ... I think because God wanted to show that his love could reach to everyone, no matter who they were, from the poorest of poor to great kings.”
You mean because Jesus was born? she asked.
Yes... but did you ever think how Jesus was born? I mean, have you considered how it was such a humble birth, in a small barn...how he was laid in a hay trough...how the Son if almighty God humbled himself to be born in such lowly conditions? Have you thought about it like that? Jesus could have been born in a fine palace. After all, he was the Son of God. But for some reason God chose humble beginnings for His son. Do you ever wonder why? ... I think because God wanted to show that his love could reach to everyone, no matter who they were, from the poorest of poor to great kings.”
-Melody Carlson, The Christmas Pony
“May we love each other not only at Christmas but all year.”
-Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls Of Wisdom: Great Mind
“She was so busy doing Christmas, there wasn't time to experience Christmas.”
-Lori Copeland, Unwrapping Christmas
“I am sure I have always thought of Christmas time, when it has come round -- apart from the veneration due to its sacred name and origin, if anything belonging to it can be apart from that -- as a good time: a kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time: the only time I know of, in the long calendar of the year, when men and women seem by one consent to open their shut-up hearts freely, and to think of people below them as if they really were fellow-passengers to the grave, and not another race of creatures bound on other journeys.”
-Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol
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“Christmas Eve was a night of song that wrapped itself about you like a shawl. But it warmed more than your body. It warmed your heart...filled it, too, with melody that would last forever.”
-Bess Streeter Aldrich, Song Of Years
“You’re a real cowboy.”
He laughed. “You’re just now realizing that?”
He laughed. “You’re just now realizing that?”
-B.J. Daniels, Cardwell Christmas Crime Scene
“Be someone's Santa; give ‘Fanta’!”
-Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
“I wish you a blessed beautiful Christmas with the fullness of grace.”
-Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls Of Wisdom: Great Mind
“Christmas is a day of meaning and traditions, a special day spent in the warm circle of family and friends.”
-Margaret Thatcher
“And when we give each other Christmas gifts in His name, let us remember that He has given us the sun and the moon and the stars, and the earth with its forests and mountains and oceans--and all that lives and move upon them. He has given us all green things and everything that blossoms and bears fruit and all that we quarrel about and all that we have misused--and to save us from our foolishness, from all our sins, He came down to earth and gave us Himself.”
-Sigrid Undset
“When the president of the United States flicks the switch to light up the Christmas tree on the White House lawn, that house ceases to be an American symbol; it becomes a Christian symbol.”
-Letty Cottin Pogrebin, DEBORAH, GOLDA AND ME
“Say what's in your heart, Annie.'
'You're in my heart, Samuel.”
'You're in my heart, Samuel.”
-Vannetta Chapman, A Simple Amish Christmas
“The Christmas tree is a symbol of love, not money. There's a kind of glory to them when they're all lit up that exceeds anything all the money in the world could buy.”
-Andy Rooney, Andy Rooney: 60 Years Of Wisdom And Wit
“It’s not so much about writing the story of Christmas itself, as ingenious as it is. In reality, it’s much more about writing the story of Christmas into the story of life so that it will become the story of life.”
-Craig D. Lounsbrough
“Celebrate the life you have been gifted thus far, supporting the arrival of Christmas day.”
-Eleesha, The Soulful Pathway To Christmas: 100 Channeled Affirmations And Quotes To Positively Inspire You At Christmas
“After sending Bella a Christmas card for years with no response, a few years before I'd decided to add something more personal- one of Mum's recipes. I had included various Christmas recipes each year since, from gingerbread to chocolate and cranberry brownies- Bella's favorite as a child. I saw these as a reminder of the good times we'd shared and hoped she'd feel the same. Just writing down those recipes reminded me of Mum in her kitchen- the soft, wobbly fold of flour into butter, the grit of sugar, the heady fragrance of chocolate, sweet vanilla and the warmth of ginger.”
-Sue Watson, Bella's Christmas Bake Off
“May God grant you a great grace to live the fullness of life in the coming year.”
-Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls Of Wisdom: Great Mind
“May this Soulful understanding of Christmas invite - the peace, harmony and serenity you deserve.”
-Eleesha, The Soulful Pathway To Christmas: 100 Channeled Affirmations And Quotes To Positively Inspire You At Christmas
“When they saw the star, they rejoiced exceedingly with great joy.
Matthew 2:10”
Matthew 2:10”
-Matthew 2 10
“Every day is Christmas. Everyday Christ embrace us with His love, peace and joy.”
-Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls Of Wisdom: Great Mind
“President Coolidge's Christmas message is published in newspapers across the country: 'Christmas is not a time or a season but a state of mind. To cherish peace and good will, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas.”
-Peter Pauper Press, A Century Of Christmas Memories, 1900-1999
“Christmas is not a story birthed of a humanized god for it simply doesn’t fit into the rubric of such an emaciated plot.”
-Craig D. Lounsbrough
“They stopped right in front of a grandfather tree with a deep knothole between two arm-like branches. The kids glanced at each other, but did not speak a word.”
-James Barbato, The Magic Christmas Ornament
“To make the gift truly a gift, God had to hand us Christmas packaged with the right to reject it, for part of the gift is the right to refuse the gift. Yet, the best gift that we can give ourselves is to refuse that right.”
-Craig D. Lounsbrough
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“We all have a dream for what this life could be like. Christmas is God handing us everything that we need to make that dream a reality. The issue is, are we willing to take up that ‘everything’ or let our dreams fall to ‘nothing.”
-Craig D. Lounsbrough
“It comes every year and will go on forever. And along with Christmas belong the keepsakes and the customs. Those humble, everyday things a mother clings to, and ponders, like Mary in the secret spaces of her heart.”
-Marjorie Holmes
“Christmas is God deciding to become what He never had been, so that we can become what we never could be. And so, God does the most improbable thing imaginable. He orchestrates His own birth.”
-Craig D. Lounsbrough
“Jack Frost hibernates from March to November,
dreaming snowflake designs to share in December.
With glittering breath, snowstorms, and blue blizzards,
lakes made of crystal, he’s an icy wizard!
People assume winter will be harsh, cold, and cruel
and that Jack must be a wicked, cold-weather ghoul.
But he’s truly an artist, known as Bringer of Ice,
and although his heart is cold, he’s really quite nice.”
dreaming snowflake designs to share in December.
With glittering breath, snowstorms, and blue blizzards,
lakes made of crystal, he’s an icy wizard!
People assume winter will be harsh, cold, and cruel
and that Jack must be a wicked, cold-weather ghoul.
But he’s truly an artist, known as Bringer of Ice,
and although his heart is cold, he’s really quite nice.”
-Claudine Carmel, Lucy Lick-Me-Not And The Greedy Gubbins: A Christmas Story
“Can you handle it?"
"Hell yeah."
"I mean..." Tom glanced around the tavern where pack members filled nearly every chair at the wooden tables. The room was humming with conversation. He leaned forward. "Because of the ghosts."
"That don't exist."
"Right."
"Yeah, I can handle it.”
"Hell yeah."
"I mean..." Tom glanced around the tavern where pack members filled nearly every chair at the wooden tables. The room was humming with conversation. He leaned forward. "Because of the ghosts."
"That don't exist."
"Right."
"Yeah, I can handle it.”
-Terry Spear, A Silver Wolf Christmas
“Have we ever consider the boldness of Christmas? For to craft such a daring story and to do so in a manner that it is sufficiently sturdy to stand up under the relentless scrutiny that is certain to be brought to bear against such a story is boldness indeed. And when God pens a story He does so not fearing scrutiny, but inviting as much of it as any one of us can muster up, for God does nothing that is not bold. Such is God and such is Christmas.”
-Craig D. Lounsbrough
“The theology of Christmas too easily gets lost under the gay wrappings, yet apart from its theological meaning it really has none at all.”
-A. W. Tozer, Finding Christ In Christmas: An Advent Devotional From The Writings Of A. W. Tozer
“Go back to that night when Divine Light, in order to illumine the darkness of men, tabernacled Himself in the world He had made… The angels and a star caught up in the reflection of that Light, as a torch lighted by a torch, and passed it on to the watchers of sheep and the searchers of skies. And lo! As the shepherds watched their flocks about the hills of Bethlehem, they were shaken by the light of the angels And lo! As wise men from beyond the land of Media and Persia searched the heavens, the brilliance of a star, like a tabernacle lamp in the sanctuary of God’s creation, beckoned them on to the stable where the star seemed to lose its light in the unearthly brilliance of the Light of the Word.”
-Fulton J. Sheen
“The love we extend to one another at Christmas, should blossom all year.”
-Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls Of Wisdom: Great Mind
“In a season like this,
I wouldn't be held by the snow.
With all these feelings of bliss,
I've to put aside my ego
And step out to let you know,
With you, I'm well pleased
And the love you show,
Is to me the bee's knees.”
I wouldn't be held by the snow.
With all these feelings of bliss,
I've to put aside my ego
And step out to let you know,
With you, I'm well pleased
And the love you show,
Is to me the bee's knees.”
-Emmanuel Aghado, 101 Short Love Poems
“A good job, money, more money, travel, happiness. Christmas-time swivelled the lens and brought these things into focus. If you had some, all, any of these things you could feel especially pleased with yourself over the twelve days of feasting and family. If you didn't have some, all, any of these things you felt the lack more keenly. You felt like an outsider.”
-Jeanette Winterson, Christmas Days: 12 Stories And 12 Feasts For 12 Days
“Don’t only wait until Christmas to love, love at all times.”
-Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls Of Wisdom: Great Mind
“The hand of God is wonderfully evident at those times when He pens stories whose lines we ourselves are far too fearful to pen or whose imaginations are far too limited to envision. And I would unashamedly suggest that the Christmas story is that very story.”
-Craig D. Lounsbrough
“At last the anchor was up, the sails were set, and off we glided. It was a short, cold Christmas; and as the short northern day merged into night, we found ourselves almost broad upon the wintry ocean, whose freezing spray cased us in ice, as in polished armor. The long rows of teeth on the bulwarks glistened in the moonlight; and like the white ivory tusks of some huge elephant, vast curving icicles depended from the bows.”
-Herman Melville, Moby-Dick, Or, The Whale
“You never know, just by looking, what a person is hiding.”
-Sarah Morgan, Miracle On 5th Avenue
“I eventually came across what looked like tiny footprints in the snow”
-James Barbato, The Magic Christmas Ornament
“God has accepted your repentance. He gives his forgiveness freely.”
-Glenn Beck, The Immortal Nicholas
“Christmas and Easter are attitudinal bookends for an enlightened world view. With an enlightened view of Christmas, we understand that it is within our power through God to give birth to a divine self. With an enlightened view of Easter, we understand that this self is the power of the universe before which death itself has no real power. Resurrection is the symbol of joy, it is the great 'ah-ha!' The acceptance of the resurrection is the realization of the fact that we need wait no longer to see ourselves as healed and whole.”
-Marianne Williamson
“As long as we keep loving, it will always be Christmas.”
-Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
“Christmas is the beginning of a wonderfully tumultuous story of God coming on tip-toe in order to turn the world on it’s head.”
-Craig D. Lounsbrough
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“The Christmas spirit is simply an honest spirit of love for all humanity. It is the force that moves us to give what we can, to help as we are able, and to always be of kind comfort.”
-Richelle E. Goodrich, Slaying Dragons
“The best Christmas present you can give to your dead grandfather is not showing up until Easter. And telling no one about it. Especially not yourself.”
-Will Advise, Nothing Is Here...
“I’d not wed you if you were the last creature in the kingdom.”
-Christi Caldwell, For Love Of The Duke
“We cannot humanize the fact that the story was penned to have the eternal God, Who Himself knows no beginning nor is in need of one, choose to experience a beginning. That is genius in and of itself.”
-Craig D. Lounsbrough
“The war on Christmas is waged of weakness and fed by vision blinded. It is a war of intellect blunted to stupidity and calling begging at the feet of cowardice.”
-Craig D. Lounsbrough, An Intimate Collision: Encounters With Life And Jesus
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“My heart gladdens, knowing someone think of at Christmas.”
-Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls Of Wisdom: Great Mind
“Don’t think about the past visits. You have cupcakes,” Julia said as if they were a magic cure-all, and then whispered, “Bye.”
Before she disconnected, he heard her say in that over-the-top excited voice of hers, “Just my dad. He misses me. No, it’s—”
“Happy Thanksgiving, Sheriff Landon. Chief Benson here. You might not remember me but we met last time you were in town.”
Aidan was about to disconnect but the chief would probably think the call had dropped and hit redial. Thanks to Julia, Aidan was damned if he did and damned if he didn’t. If he lost his job because of her . . .
He made a noncommittal sound into the phone.
The chief seemed to buy it. “I just want you to know that you don’t have to worry about your little girl. I’m taking really good care of her.”
Okay, how does Benson not get weirded out talking to a guy who is probably just a couple years older than him about his daughter? Aidan frowned. Wait a minute. Julia distinctly told him she wasn’t the chief’s girlfriend. So what was going on here? Maybe Benson didn’t get that no meant no.
Aidan cleared his throat, deepened his voice and added what he thought of as Texan swagger. “Don’t you worry none about my daughter. She’s a bit of a thing and young, but she can take care of herself. She doesn’t need another daddy.”
The chief didn’t respond. Aidan heard him talking to Julia, but their voices were muffled. And then they were unmuffled, and he clearly heard the chief say, “What do you mean it’s Aidan Gallagher and not your father?”
He groaned, feeling like an idiot. He was going to kill her.
“Gallagher, is that you?” the chief gritted out.
Aidan pressed his forehead against the steering wheel, and the horn blasted, drowning out his yes.
“My office tomorrow morning. Nine sharp.”
He didn’t get a chance to respond. The line went dead. Seconds later, it came alive. I’ll fix it. I promise.
She was lucky she didn’t add a happy face.”
Before she disconnected, he heard her say in that over-the-top excited voice of hers, “Just my dad. He misses me. No, it’s—”
“Happy Thanksgiving, Sheriff Landon. Chief Benson here. You might not remember me but we met last time you were in town.”
Aidan was about to disconnect but the chief would probably think the call had dropped and hit redial. Thanks to Julia, Aidan was damned if he did and damned if he didn’t. If he lost his job because of her . . .
He made a noncommittal sound into the phone.
The chief seemed to buy it. “I just want you to know that you don’t have to worry about your little girl. I’m taking really good care of her.”
Okay, how does Benson not get weirded out talking to a guy who is probably just a couple years older than him about his daughter? Aidan frowned. Wait a minute. Julia distinctly told him she wasn’t the chief’s girlfriend. So what was going on here? Maybe Benson didn’t get that no meant no.
Aidan cleared his throat, deepened his voice and added what he thought of as Texan swagger. “Don’t you worry none about my daughter. She’s a bit of a thing and young, but she can take care of herself. She doesn’t need another daddy.”
The chief didn’t respond. Aidan heard him talking to Julia, but their voices were muffled. And then they were unmuffled, and he clearly heard the chief say, “What do you mean it’s Aidan Gallagher and not your father?”
He groaned, feeling like an idiot. He was going to kill her.
“Gallagher, is that you?” the chief gritted out.
Aidan pressed his forehead against the steering wheel, and the horn blasted, drowning out his yes.
“My office tomorrow morning. Nine sharp.”
He didn’t get a chance to respond. The line went dead. Seconds later, it came alive. I’ll fix it. I promise.
She was lucky she didn’t add a happy face.”
-Debbie Mason, Sugarplum Way
“If God annihilates or creates or deflects a unit of matter, He has created a new situation at that point. Immediately all nature domiciles this new situation, makes it at home in her realm, adapts all other events to it. It finds itself conforming to all the laws. If God creates a miraculous spermatozoon in the body of a virgin, it does not proceed to break any laws. The laws at once take over. Nature is ready. Pregnancy follows, according to all the normal laws, and nine months later a child is born.”
-C.S. Lewis, Miracles
“I suppose that Christmas seems vexingly improbable in my mind because God did something for all of mankind that I’m too selfish to do even for myself. But isn’t that the exact reason why we need Christmas?”
-Craig D. Lounsbrough
“Through your Soul’s partnership the answers to all of life’s questions - mysteriously come tumbling forth.”
-Eleesha, The Soulful Pathway To Christmas: 100 Channeled Affirmations And Quotes To Positively Inspire You At Christmas
“I don't mind the dark, and because it's Christmas, we've been busy putting lights up everywhere. High, so everyone knows we're okay.”
-Mary Ann Rivers, Snowfall
“People think the only time the earth is renewed is in spring. I find it’s renewed around Christmastime when hard, old hearts are softened. When children’s laughter drowns out anguish. When magic transforms the dull into something beautiful and sparkly. I find that Christmas time changes me … from the inside out, and even for a moment fills me with youth and hope again.”
-Toni Sorenson
“With more time spent in their mother's presence, Maggie kept topics of conversation to small stuff, seldom ever wanted to dig below the surface, learned from her mother: just be polite, which makes Callie's own facile mental questioning and creative drive, paired with her physical rigidity, all the more oppositional, and, how they dance around serious subjects, laughable.”
-Justin Bog, Hark: A Christmas Collection
“Later in the winter I'd tire of the snow, but Christmas snow was different.”
-Marie Landry, The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year
“When we recall Christmas past, we usually find that the simplest things - not the great occasions - give off the greatest glow of happiness.”
-Bob Hope
“And I'll close by saying this. Because anti-Semitism is the godfather of racism and the gateway to tyranny and fascism and war, it is to be regarded not as the enemy of the Jewish people, I learned, but as the common enemy of humanity and of civilisation, and has to be fought against very tenaciously for that reason, most especially in its current, most virulent form of Islamic Jihad. Daniel Pearl's revolting murderer was educated at the London School of Economics. Our Christmas bomber over Detroit was from a neighboring London college, the chair of the Islamic Students' Society. Many pogroms against Jewish people are being reported from all over Europe today as I'm talking, and we can only expect this to get worse, and we must make sure our own defenses are not neglected. Our task is to call this filthy thing, this plague, this—this pest, by its right name; to make unceasing resistance to it, knowing all the time that it's probably ultimately ineradicable, and bearing in mind that its hatred towards us is a compliment, and resolving (some of the time, at any rate) to do a bit more to deserve it. Thank you.”
-Christopher Hitchens
“For the first time in fifteen years, he felt a mother's love again.”
-R. A. Rooney
“Where there is compassion, there exist good cheer.”
-Lailah Gifty Akita
“No matter what, the day didn't feel like Christmas to her.
She remembered years ago, when she had been just a little kid, and the word had been enough to make her happy. Nothing stirred in her now. Her childhood felt like it had been in another life. As she sat alone in her room with tears drying to her face, she resolved that no matter what the calendar said, it wasn't Christmas.
If it was, she'd feel happy, not depressed.”
She remembered years ago, when she had been just a little kid, and the word had been enough to make her happy. Nothing stirred in her now. Her childhood felt like it had been in another life. As she sat alone in her room with tears drying to her face, she resolved that no matter what the calendar said, it wasn't Christmas.
If it was, she'd feel happy, not depressed.”
-Kayla Krantz, Survive At Midnight
“Your inner joy will journey alongside you - supported within the company of your Soul.”
-Eleesha, The Soulful Pathway To Christmas: 100 Channeled Affirmations And Quotes To Positively Inspire You At Christmas
“Let the essence of Christmas blossom within - as the countdown to Christmas begins.”
-Eleesha, The Soulful Pathway To Christmas: 100 Channeled Affirmations And Quotes To Positively Inspire You At Christmas
“You can either complain about how hard your life is, or you can realize that only you are responsible for it.”
-Glenn Beck, The Christmas Sweater
“Christmas was about understanding that servanthood would win the hearts of men for eternity, where raw power might win them only for a moment, if at all.”
-Craig D. Lounsbrough
“The Grinch hated Christmas! The whole Christmas season!
Now, please don’t ask why. No one quite knows the reason.
It could be his head wasn’t screwed on just right.
It could be, perhaps his shoes were too tight.
But I think that the most likely reason of all
May have been that his heart was two sizes too small.”
Now, please don’t ask why. No one quite knows the reason.
It could be his head wasn’t screwed on just right.
It could be, perhaps his shoes were too tight.
But I think that the most likely reason of all
May have been that his heart was two sizes too small.”
-Dr. Seuss
“Graciously honor the freedom at which Christmas so peacefully - came into being.”
-Eleesha, The Soulful Pathway To Christmas: 100 Channeled Affirmations And Quotes To Positively Inspire You At Christmas
“Twas a cold Yuletide evening, and I wandered the stacks, shelving multiple titles that the patrons brought back. We toiled overtime at our library here, 'cause the powers that be cut our staffing this year.”
-David Davis, Librarian's Night Before Christmas
“The reason some of us struggle with Christmas is that it refuses to give us what we ‘want’ because it recognizes that doing so sacrifices that which we ‘need.’ And we can be confidently assured that Christmas will never stoop to such an atrocity as this.”
-Craig D. Lounsbrough
“I can fly around the world in one night. I can wink and go up a chimney in a split second. I can be in 500 shopping malls on the same weekend. I can even fit enough gifts for the entire world into one tiny sleigh pulled by eight tiny reindeer, but I CANNOT FIX THIS CONFOUNDED COMPUTER!”
-Bobbi A. Chukran, Cattywampus Christmas
“Happy, happy Christmas, that can win us back to the delusions of our childish days; that can recall to the old man the pleasures of his youth; that can transport the sailor and the traveller, thousands of miles away, back to his own fire-side and his quiet home!”
-Charles Dickens
“Never worry about the size of your Christmas tree. In the eyes of children, they are all 30 feet tall”
-Larry Wilde
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“Another Christmas Poem
Blood Christmas, here again.
Let us raise a loving cup:
Peace on earth, goodwill to men,
And make them do the washing-up.”
Blood Christmas, here again.
Let us raise a loving cup:
Peace on earth, goodwill to men,
And make them do the washing-up.”
-Wendy Cope
“He lowered his head until his lips hovered centimeters above hers. This was the moment he craved. This heated moment – each of them lingering, waiting, wanting. He loved the excitement of the build-up almost as much as the conquest itself. As he’d told her many times, the greater the anticipation, the sweeter the reward.”
-Lisa Carlisle, Dark Pursuit
“The singing grew louder as they approached the church. It made Harry’s throat constrict, it reminded him so forcefully of Hogwarts, of Peeves bellowing rude versions of carols from inside suits of armour, of the Great Hall’s twelve Christmas trees, of Dumbledore wearing a bonnet he had won in a cracker, of Ron in a hand-knitted sweater…”
-J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows
“The Church does not superstitiously observe days, merely as days, but as memorials of important facts. Christmas might be kept as well upon one day of the year as another; but there should be a stated day for commemorating the birth of our Saviour, because there is danger that what may be done on any day, will be neglected. ”
-Samuel Johnson
“When his flock thronged into the midnight service, there was wonder on every face at the newly hung greens and the softly flickering candles on each windowsill. To the simple beauty of the historic church was added fresh, green hope, the lush scent of flowers in winter, and candle flame that cast its flickering shadows over the congregation like a shawl.”
-Jan Karon, These High, Green Hills
“The greatest joy is not finding something that we’ve been looking for. The greatest joy is when we’d given up on ever finding it and then it found us.”
-Craig D. Lounsbrough
“Christ did not come to earth simply to be our moral teacher. If that were His only mission, He could have come as He did in former times, as the Angel of the Lord, without our flesh and blood to encumber Him. Instead, He had to become like us so that He could raise us up to be like Him.”
-Joel R. Beeke, Why Christ Came: 31 Meditations On The Incarnation
“When there's Christmas in hell. that's what i call real Christmas!”
-Nadun Lokuliyanage
“I sometimes think we expect too much of Christmas Day. We try to crowd into it the long arrears of kindliness and humanity of the whole year. As for me, I like to take my Christmas a little at a time, all through the year. And thus I drift along into the holidays - let them overtake me unexpectedly - waking up some find morning and suddenly saying to myself: 'Why, this is Christmas Day!”
-David Grayson
“For I have nothing to lean on, nowhere to call my home and there is nowhere I will go for Christmas to rest my head and touch familiar walls. I have no degree to show on paper or employment to take care of my health or the reassurance that I can pay my rent. And I have no right to complain because this is the road I choose and I built it myself, not really knowing where I wanted it to lead, but I have hope in all things ahead and behind and I am learning to let myself go. Forget my own ego and believe that what I am doing is grander than my very own self.”
-Charlotte Eriksson
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“The town looks like it belongs on a Christmas card or in a snow globe. It’s so Christmassy, even Santa set up a second workshop here.”
-Debbie Mason, Miracle At Christmas
“Fail not to call to mind, in the course of the twenty-fifth of this month, that the Divinest Heart that ever walked the earth was born on that day; and then smile and enjoy yourselves for the rest of it; for mirth is also of Heaven's making. ”
-Leigh Hunt
“The city centre was still crawling with Christmas shoppers looking to add to their already burgeoning piles of gifts. To Scott they were like ants at a picnic, teeming from store to store, trailing oversized carrier bags and infants behind them as they went. Scott felt alien in this environment; pulling up his hood he hurried through the crowds, dodging pushchairs, lit cigarettes and charity collection tins.”
-R. D. Ronald The Elephant Tree
“Mandy was thinking back to when she was five years old, when she, her parents and Jud went outside before Christmas and had a snowball fight with the gray snow of Sydney Mines. “This is a wicked blast,” Jud would say, and Mandy would snap photos with a 35mm disposable film camera, photos she wished very much she could step into sometimes.”
-Rebecca McNutt, Super 8: The Sequel To Smog City
“Far too often, it is at the moment where we finally stand on the very precipice of some great thing that we turn and abandon it, for it is at these seminal moments that fear wins and greatness dies. The beauty of Christmas is that God steps over precipices.”
-Craig D. Lounsbrough
“And numerous indeed are the hearts to which Christmas brings a brief season of happiness and enjoyment. How many families, whose members have been dispersed and scattered far and wide, in the restless struggles of life, are then reunited, and meet once again in that happy state of companionship and mutual goodwill, which is a source of such pure and unalloyed delight; and one so incompatible with the cares and sorrows of the world, that the religious belief of the most civilised nations, and the rude traditions of the roughest savages, alike number it among the first joys of a future condition of existence, provided for the blessed and happy! How many old recollections, and how many dormant sympathies, does Christmas time awaken!
We write these words now, many miles distant from the spot at which, year after year, we met on that day, a merry and joyous circle. Many of the hearts that throbbed so gaily then, have ceased to beat; many of the looks that shone so brightly then, have ceased to glow; the hands we grasped, have grown cold; the eyes we sought, have hid their lustre in the grave; and yet the old house, the room, the merry voices and smiling faces, the jest, the laugh, the most minute and trivial circumstances connected with those happy meetings, crowd upon our mind at each recurrence of the season, as if the last assemblage had been but yesterday! Happy, happy Christmas, that can win us back to the delusions of our childish days; that can recall to the old man the pleasures of his youth; that can transport the sailor and the traveller, thousands of miles away, back to his own fireside and his quiet home!”
We write these words now, many miles distant from the spot at which, year after year, we met on that day, a merry and joyous circle. Many of the hearts that throbbed so gaily then, have ceased to beat; many of the looks that shone so brightly then, have ceased to glow; the hands we grasped, have grown cold; the eyes we sought, have hid their lustre in the grave; and yet the old house, the room, the merry voices and smiling faces, the jest, the laugh, the most minute and trivial circumstances connected with those happy meetings, crowd upon our mind at each recurrence of the season, as if the last assemblage had been but yesterday! Happy, happy Christmas, that can win us back to the delusions of our childish days; that can recall to the old man the pleasures of his youth; that can transport the sailor and the traveller, thousands of miles away, back to his own fireside and his quiet home!”
-Charles Dickens, The Pickwick Papers
“It was December in the cold state of Michigan. Twinkling lights and Christmas carolers lined the busy sidewalks. The bare trees shivered in the wind, already anxious for Spring's arrival. Grey clouds filled the sky, promising the season's first snowfall.
As the end of the year approached, Hadley held a bittersweet feeling in her heart. This year had brought the best and the worst of things, things that altered her life forever.”
As the end of the year approached, Hadley held a bittersweet feeling in her heart. This year had brought the best and the worst of things, things that altered her life forever.”
-Brandi Little, One Step Forward
“We both know just because you want something doesn’t mean it’s good for you.”
He tried to keep from smiling. “You think I’m bad for you?”
He tried to keep from smiling. “You think I’m bad for you?”
-Debbie Mason, Miracle At Christmas
“As Christmas approaches remember all that you have experienced - has not been in vain.”
-Eleesha, The Soulful Pathway To Christmas: 100 Channeled Affirmations And Quotes To Positively Inspire You At Christmas
“Paradise is not something that we create. Rather, it is something that we find.”
-Craig D. Lounsbrough
“CALVIN:
This whole Santa Claus thing just doesn't make sense. Why all the secrecy? Why all the mystery?
If the guy exists why doesn't he ever show himself and prove it?
And if he doesn't exist what's the meaning of all this?
HOBBES:
I dunno. Isn't this a religious holiday?
CALVIN:
Yeah, but actually, I've got the same questions about God.”
This whole Santa Claus thing just doesn't make sense. Why all the secrecy? Why all the mystery?
If the guy exists why doesn't he ever show himself and prove it?
And if he doesn't exist what's the meaning of all this?
HOBBES:
I dunno. Isn't this a religious holiday?
CALVIN:
Yeah, but actually, I've got the same questions about God.”
-Bill Watterson
“Without the door let sorrow lie,
And if for cold it hap to die,
We'll bury 't in a Christmas pie,
And evermore be merry.”
And if for cold it hap to die,
We'll bury 't in a Christmas pie,
And evermore be merry.”
-George Wither
“When the holly’s in the red
And the pine is in the green,
When the mornings all are frosty,
In a brilliant silver sheen
Then I love to go a’ walking
Rambling here and there, quite slow,
Plucking greenery and berries;
Wishing for a Christmas snow”
And the pine is in the green,
When the mornings all are frosty,
In a brilliant silver sheen
Then I love to go a’ walking
Rambling here and there, quite slow,
Plucking greenery and berries;
Wishing for a Christmas snow”
-Rachel Heffington
“I celebrate life with holy thanks.”
-Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls Of Wisdom: Great Mind
“If you take Christmas to heart and get past the anxieties in arranging for gifts and parties, you will rediscover yourself every year at this time and experience a birth in yourself, just like the one so beautifully described in the Gospel stories. It will be a celebration of both the birth of Jesus and the birth of your soul”
-Thomas Moore
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“He went to the church, and walked about the streets, and watched the people hurrying to and for, and patted the children on the head, and questioned beggars, and looked down into the kitchens of homes, and up to the windows, and found that everything could yield him pleasure. He had never dreamed of any walk, that anything, could give him so much happiness. (p. 119)”
-Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol
“Oh, that's right. Missy opens doors.”
-Perry Elisabeth Kirkpatrick, The 12 Cats Of Christmas
“NAUGHTY AND NICE? said Death. BUT IT'S EASY TO BE NICE IF YOU'RE RICH. IS THIS FAIR?
Albert wanted to argue. He wanted to say, Really? In that case, how come so many of the rich buggers is bastards? And being poor don't mean being naughty, neither.”
Albert wanted to argue. He wanted to say, Really? In that case, how come so many of the rich buggers is bastards? And being poor don't mean being naughty, neither.”
-Terry Pratchett, Hogfather
“For our lives, incarnation means being focused on the spiritual and the eternal but bringing that focus deep into our life. … This is really the heart of the Christmas theological message: Live in two worlds that overlap but are distinct. Don’t be materialistic, but don’t sacrifice our ordinary physical life for any spiritual ideal. Be lowly and lofty.”
-Thomas Moore, The Soul Of Christmas
“But why do spirits walk the earth, and why do they come to me?"
"It is required of every man," the Ghost returned, "that the spirit within him should walk abroad among his fellow-men, and travel far and wide; and if that spirit goes not forth in life, it is condemned to do so after death. It is doomed to wander through the world--oh, woe is me!--and witness what it cannot share, but might have shared on earth, and turned to happiness!
...I cannot rest, I cannot stay, I cannot linger anywhere. My spirit never roved beyond the narrow limits of our money-changing hole; and weary journeys lie before me!”
"It is required of every man," the Ghost returned, "that the spirit within him should walk abroad among his fellow-men, and travel far and wide; and if that spirit goes not forth in life, it is condemned to do so after death. It is doomed to wander through the world--oh, woe is me!--and witness what it cannot share, but might have shared on earth, and turned to happiness!
...I cannot rest, I cannot stay, I cannot linger anywhere. My spirit never roved beyond the narrow limits of our money-changing hole; and weary journeys lie before me!”
-Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol
“A broke man’s lover doesn’t feel ‘loved’ on her Birthday, Christmas, and, on Valentine’s Day.”
-Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“On Christmas Eve, Renata prepares a traditional Italian Feast of the Seven Fishes. We dine on fresh lobster, crab, and shrimp, clams casino, calamari, baccalà, and mussels-”
-Meredith Mileti, Aftertaste: A Novel In Five Courses
“New light in the sky
announces a sacred birth.
Shine brightly young star.”
announces a sacred birth.
Shine brightly young star.”
-Richelle E. Goodrich, Slaying Dragons
“Allow Soul's unique knowledge to filter freely from your Soul - through to your Mind.”
-Eleesha, The Soulful Pathway To Christmas: 100 Channeled Affirmations And Quotes To Positively Inspire You At Christmas
“There is at Christmas time a great deal of hypocrisy, honourable hypocrisy, hypocrisy undertaken pour le bon motif, c'est entendu, but nevertheless hypocrisy!”
-Agatha Christie, Hercule Poirot's Christmas
“Every moment brings new gifts, new possibilities. Our thoughts and actions give them shapes and realities.”
-Amit Ray, Mindfulness Meditation For Corporate Leadership And Management
“She was what made Christmas feel like home.”
-Timothy Joshua
“It was at the point where I was convinced of my own death that God finally convinced me of His life. And I stand amazed that my death birthed His life.”
-Craig D. Lounsbrough
“As Christmas draws near, let the words resonate — not just within your heart & mind, but Soul.”
-Eleesha, The Soulful Pathway To Christmas: 100 Channeled Affirmations And Quotes To Positively Inspire You At Christmas
“Whenever we show compassion, there is Christmas.”
-Lailah Gifty Akita
“It was the greatest, most intricate, most ingenious and most costly rescue mission in all of human history.”
-Craig D. Lounsbrough
“They launched into some of their favorite Christmas carols, and the third verse of “Silent Night” brought Kiera back to thinking about the stable and ‘the least of these’. She smoothed the crisp paper of the package sitting in her lap and felt a lump rise in her throat. Anything she could do would never be enough. God would have to act and maybe He would use her.”
-Kate Willis, The Least Of These
“Maybe the greatest hope of Christmas is that what it purports to be is exactly what it is.”
-Craig D. Lounsbrough, An Intimate Collision: Encounters With Life And Jesus
“The great cause of the new Republican intake is the reduction of the deficit but to anyone seeking evidence of sincere attempts at deficit-reduction the evidence is baffling.
The Republicans showed before Christmas that they would seek to reduce the deficit but not when it came to a matter of the tax breaks that had aggravated the deficit in the first place.
Now there's a date set for the abolition of Barack Obama's healthcare plan, parts of which only came into operation at the start of this month. The Republicans are out to destroy the plan. Or, more precisely, to pretend to destroy the plan in the name of making good on election pledges. The measure won't get past the Senate.
But suppose it did get past the Senate, what effect would this have on the deficit? The answer is it would aggravate the deficit. Somehow, somewhere, there's an override mechanism that makes destroying Obamacare more important than destroying the deficit. If only one could figure out how it works.”
The Republicans showed before Christmas that they would seek to reduce the deficit but not when it came to a matter of the tax breaks that had aggravated the deficit in the first place.
Now there's a date set for the abolition of Barack Obama's healthcare plan, parts of which only came into operation at the start of this month. The Republicans are out to destroy the plan. Or, more precisely, to pretend to destroy the plan in the name of making good on election pledges. The measure won't get past the Senate.
But suppose it did get past the Senate, what effect would this have on the deficit? The answer is it would aggravate the deficit. Somehow, somewhere, there's an override mechanism that makes destroying Obamacare more important than destroying the deficit. If only one could figure out how it works.”
-James Fenton
“Guthrie turned to see who his attacker was. And smiled when he caught her eye.
He had the most devilishly wolfish look about him -- a mixture of impending payback with a snowball and something a wee bit more intimate, like a tackle in the snow. But he wouldn't. Not in front of his clansmen. Not when they weren't courting. At least, she hoped not.”
He had the most devilishly wolfish look about him -- a mixture of impending payback with a snowball and something a wee bit more intimate, like a tackle in the snow. But he wouldn't. Not in front of his clansmen. Not when they weren't courting. At least, she hoped not.”
-Terry Spear, A Highland Wolf Christmas
“Ved kvældsmaten skulde familjen ha en dram, det var gammel takst, og Rinaldus var den som skulde skjænke i glassene. Det var ham et høitidelig øieblik han skulde holde karaflen med de store malte roser i sine små hænder. Alles øine vogtet på ham... Maten var den reneste fremmedmat, det var både lefse og sirup og et ægg til hver. Man kunde se at det var jul, for det var atpå kjøpet smør til lefserne. (Jul i Åsen, Stridende liv)”
-Knut Hamsun
“Dragon females were the deadliest warriors, after all.”
-Katie Reus, A Very Dragon Christmas
“Christmas is a sacred festival. It is celebration of Christ love for Humankind. And the love that bind us together.”
-Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls Of Wisdom: Great Mind
“Christmas is Christ love for mankind.”
-Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
“The town is mobbed out with Saturday shoppers looking for Christmas bargains. You can almost breathe in the raw greed which hangs in the air like vapour. As the late afternoon darkness falls, the lights look tacky and sinister.”
-Irvine Welsh, Filth
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“Goodwill to all.' I know it's techinically 'goodwill to all men,' but in my mind, I drop the 'men' because that feels segregationist/elitist/sexist/generally bad ist. Goodwill shouldn't be just for men. It should also apply to women and children, and all animals, even the yucky ones like subway rats. I'd even extend the goodwill not just to living creatures but to the dearly departed, and if we include them, we might as well include the undead, those supposedly mythic beings like vampires, and if they're in, then so are elves, fairies, and gnomes. Heck, since we're already being so generous in our big group hug, why not also embrace those supposedly inanimate objects like dolls and stuffed animals. I'm sure Santa would agree. 'Goodwill to all.”
-Rachel Cohn, Dash & Lily's Book Of Dares
“Shrewdly crafted political agendas, innately complex philosophies, man-made religions, governments and regimes of every sort, and all the endless volumes of man-manufactured wisdom and penned prose all completely failed to redeem mankind and make us better. When the best of our efforts failed to redeem the worst of our behaviors, God declared enough as enough and a baby was born.”
-Craig D. Lounsbrough
“Dogs kind of default to making friends unless provoked. Cats seem to default to making enemies unless convinced otherwise.”
-Perry Elisabeth Kirkpatrick, The 12 Cats Of Christmas
“Fresh, solid ideas feel like gifts to writers, therefore every morning is Christmas.”
-Criss Jami, Killosophy
“I don't leave a note.
There's nothing else to do.
At first, I'd wanted to write Merry Christmas on the box somewhere, but I decide against it.
This isn't about words.
It's about glowing lights and small things that are big.”
There's nothing else to do.
At first, I'd wanted to write Merry Christmas on the box somewhere, but I decide against it.
This isn't about words.
It's about glowing lights and small things that are big.”
-Markus Zusak, I Am The Messenger
“I doona want to be loved because I’m Undead. No more than ye would want to be rejected for being mortal.”
-Kerrelyn Sparks, All I Want For Christmas Is A Vampire
“Yet as I read the birth stories about Jesus I cannot help but conclude that though the world may be tilted toward the rich and powerful, God is tilted toward the underdog.”
-Philip Yancey
“Christmas Eve, 1955, Benny Profane, wearing black levis, suede jacket,
sneakers and big cowboy hat, happened to pass through Norfolk, Virginia. Given to sentimental impulses, he thought he'd look in on the Sailor's Grave, his old tin can's tavern on East Main Street.”
sneakers and big cowboy hat, happened to pass through Norfolk, Virginia. Given to sentimental impulses, he thought he'd look in on the Sailor's Grave, his old tin can's tavern on East Main Street.”
-Thomas Pynchon, V.
“The Christmas memories you make this year will be the ones you remember in the years to come.”
-Toni Sorenson
“In the midst of embracing life secrets, you will remain purposely guided - throughout your life.”
-Eleesha, The Soulful Pathway To Christmas: 100 Channeled Affirmations And Quotes To Positively Inspire You At Christmas
“The Christmas presents once opened are Not So Much Fun as they were while we were in the process of examining, lifting, shaking, thinking about, and opening them. Three hundred sixty-five days later, we try again and find that the same thing has happened. Each time the goal is reached, it becomes Not So Much Fun, and we're off to reach the next one, then the next one, then the next.
That doesn't mean that the goals we have don't count. They do, mostly because they cause us to go through the process and it's the process that makes us wise, happy, or whatever. If we do things in the wrong sort of way, it makes us miserable, angry, confused, and things like that. The goal has to be right for us, and it has to be beneficial, in order to ensure a beneficial process. But aside from that, it's really the process that's important.”
That doesn't mean that the goals we have don't count. They do, mostly because they cause us to go through the process and it's the process that makes us wise, happy, or whatever. If we do things in the wrong sort of way, it makes us miserable, angry, confused, and things like that. The goal has to be right for us, and it has to be beneficial, in order to ensure a beneficial process. But aside from that, it's really the process that's important.”
-Benjamin Hoff, The Tao Of Pooh
“The greatest gift at Christmas is love. The love that bind us together us one Human Family.”
-Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls Of Wisdom: Great Mind
“By holiday time, Buena Vista Street felt like Bedford Falls, with its vintage lights and decorations, and a classic Santa Claus listening to children's holiday wishes at Elias & Co. Cocoa clutching---Guests in scarves and parkas filled the streets and shops.”
-Leslie Le Mon, The Disneyland Book Of Secrets 2014 - Dca: One Local's Unauthorized, Rapturous And Indispensable Guide To The Happiest Place On Earth
“She felt like a woman on fire. Would it be bad to have sex with Santa in the closet?”
-Kathleen Brooks, Secret Santa
“There are few things emptier than the space where a Christmas tree used to be.”
-Kate Lord Brown, The House Of Dreams
“A Christmas candle is a lovely thing; It makes no noise at all, But softly gives itself away; While quite unselfish, it grows small.”
-Eva K. Logue
“The curtains of his bed were drawn aside; and Scrooge, starting up into a half-recumbent attitude, found himself face to face with the unearthly visitor who drew them: as close to it as I am now to you, and I am standing in the spirit at your elbow.”
-Charles Dickens
“The next best thing to christmas is...... a story worth reading.”
-Nadun Lokuliyanage
“Of all the gifts, love is the greatest gift.”
-Lailah Gifty Akita
“Your joy ensures your life experiences, always serve to support you - along life’s chosen path.”
-Eleesha, The Soulful Pathway To Christmas: 100 Channeled Affirmations And Quotes To Positively Inspire You At Christmas
“Let the sky celebrate!
Let it pour some rain
to wash away the past years' grief.
Let the fireworks speak
announcing a New Year to break,
displaying seasons of different flavours.
Oh New Year, can you restore our hopes and spill our fears?
I wonder.. What will you bring?
Happiness, confusion, or sadness?
Let the other years witness..
your joy, your pity, your cruelty, and your niceness.
So New Year, I have too many hopes in you.
My wishes are infinite, what are you going to do?
Don't disappoint me, I suppose you already know.
The hope fountain knows no chains,
Don't tell me it's all in vain..
Tell me how I can refrain myself from dreaming in my dale.
If only there was a chance or even an opportunity in disguise,
I wouldn't cease proving and proving my worth all the time,
I would use my ship to sail,
And you will witness my success..
This is what I promise,
And here comes the test..
Let me declare it in that feast..
So New Year, I have too many hopes in you..”
Let it pour some rain
to wash away the past years' grief.
Let the fireworks speak
announcing a New Year to break,
displaying seasons of different flavours.
Oh New Year, can you restore our hopes and spill our fears?
I wonder.. What will you bring?
Happiness, confusion, or sadness?
Let the other years witness..
your joy, your pity, your cruelty, and your niceness.
So New Year, I have too many hopes in you.
My wishes are infinite, what are you going to do?
Don't disappoint me, I suppose you already know.
The hope fountain knows no chains,
Don't tell me it's all in vain..
Tell me how I can refrain myself from dreaming in my dale.
If only there was a chance or even an opportunity in disguise,
I wouldn't cease proving and proving my worth all the time,
I would use my ship to sail,
And you will witness my success..
This is what I promise,
And here comes the test..
Let me declare it in that feast..
So New Year, I have too many hopes in you..”
-Noha Alaa El-Din, Norina Luciano
“Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse;
The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,
In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there;
The children were nestled all snug in their beds;
While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads;
And mamma in her 'kerchief, and I in my cap,
Had just settled our brains for a long winter's nap,
When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter,
I sprang from my bed to see what was the matter.
Away to the window I flew like a flash,
Tore open the shutters and threw up the sash.
The moon on the breast of the new-fallen snow,
Gave a lustre of midday to objects below,
When what to my wondering eyes did appear,
But a miniature sleigh and eight tiny rein-deer,
With a little old driver so lively and quick,
I knew in a moment he must be St. Nick.
More rapid than eagles his coursers they came,
And he whistled, and shouted, and called them by name:
"Now, Dasher! now, Dancer! now Prancer and Vixen!
On, Comet! on, Cupid! on, Donder and Blixen!
To the top of the porch! to the top of the wall!
Now dash away! dash away! dash away all!"
As leaves that before the wild hurricane fly,
When they meet with an obstacle, mount to the sky;
So up to the housetop the coursers they flew
With the sleigh full of toys, and St. Nicholas too—
And then, in a twinkling, I heard on the roof
The prancing and pawing of each little hoof.
As I drew in my head, and was turning around,
Down the chimney St. Nicholas came with a bound.
He was dressed all in fur, from his head to his foot,
And his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and soot;
A bundle of toys he had flung on his back,
And he looked like a pedler just opening his pack.
His eyes—how they twinkled! his dimples, how merry!
His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry!
His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow,
And the beard on his chin was as white as the snow;
The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth,
And the smoke, it encircled his head like a wreath;
He had a broad face and a little round belly
That shook when he laughed, like a bowl full of jelly.
He was chubby and plump, a right jolly old elf,
And I laughed when I saw him, in spite of myself;
A wink of his eye and a twist of his head
Soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread;
He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work,
And filled all the stockings; then turned with a jerk,
And laying his finger aside of his nose,
And giving a nod, up the chimney he rose;
He sprang to his sleigh, to his team gave a whistle,
And away they all flew like the down of a thistle.
But I heard him exclaim, ere he drove out of sight—
“Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good night!”
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse;
The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,
In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there;
The children were nestled all snug in their beds;
While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads;
And mamma in her 'kerchief, and I in my cap,
Had just settled our brains for a long winter's nap,
When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter,
I sprang from my bed to see what was the matter.
Away to the window I flew like a flash,
Tore open the shutters and threw up the sash.
The moon on the breast of the new-fallen snow,
Gave a lustre of midday to objects below,
When what to my wondering eyes did appear,
But a miniature sleigh and eight tiny rein-deer,
With a little old driver so lively and quick,
I knew in a moment he must be St. Nick.
More rapid than eagles his coursers they came,
And he whistled, and shouted, and called them by name:
"Now, Dasher! now, Dancer! now Prancer and Vixen!
On, Comet! on, Cupid! on, Donder and Blixen!
To the top of the porch! to the top of the wall!
Now dash away! dash away! dash away all!"
As leaves that before the wild hurricane fly,
When they meet with an obstacle, mount to the sky;
So up to the housetop the coursers they flew
With the sleigh full of toys, and St. Nicholas too—
And then, in a twinkling, I heard on the roof
The prancing and pawing of each little hoof.
As I drew in my head, and was turning around,
Down the chimney St. Nicholas came with a bound.
He was dressed all in fur, from his head to his foot,
And his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and soot;
A bundle of toys he had flung on his back,
And he looked like a pedler just opening his pack.
His eyes—how they twinkled! his dimples, how merry!
His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry!
His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow,
And the beard on his chin was as white as the snow;
The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth,
And the smoke, it encircled his head like a wreath;
He had a broad face and a little round belly
That shook when he laughed, like a bowl full of jelly.
He was chubby and plump, a right jolly old elf,
And I laughed when I saw him, in spite of myself;
A wink of his eye and a twist of his head
Soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread;
He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work,
And filled all the stockings; then turned with a jerk,
And laying his finger aside of his nose,
And giving a nod, up the chimney he rose;
He sprang to his sleigh, to his team gave a whistle,
And away they all flew like the down of a thistle.
But I heard him exclaim, ere he drove out of sight—
“Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good night!”
-Clement Clarke Moore, The Night Before Christmas
“Merry Christmas," said George. "Don't go downstairs for a bit."
"Why not?" said Ron.
"Mum's crying again," said Fred heavily. "Percy sent back his Christmas jumper." [I guess that's a sweater, though my jury is still out on it until I get a future confirmation.]
"Without a not," added George. "Hasn't asked how Dad is or visit him [in the hospital] or anything..."
"We tried to comfort her," said Fred, moving around the bed to look at Harry's portrait. "Told her Percy's nothing but a humongous pile of rat droppings--"
"--didn't work," said George, helping himself to a Chocolate Frog. "So Lupin took over. Best let him cheer her up before we go down for breakfast, I reckon.”
"Why not?" said Ron.
"Mum's crying again," said Fred heavily. "Percy sent back his Christmas jumper." [I guess that's a sweater, though my jury is still out on it until I get a future confirmation.]
"Without a not," added George. "Hasn't asked how Dad is or visit him [in the hospital] or anything..."
"We tried to comfort her," said Fred, moving around the bed to look at Harry's portrait. "Told her Percy's nothing but a humongous pile of rat droppings--"
"--didn't work," said George, helping himself to a Chocolate Frog. "So Lupin took over. Best let him cheer her up before we go down for breakfast, I reckon.”
-J.K Rowling.
“Christmas, 1492….
Unfortunately, on Christmas morning 1492 Columbus' ship, the Santa María, ran aground on the northern coast of what is now Haiti. Not having any way to refloat her, the crew off-loaded the provisions and equipment from the ship before she broke up. For protection they then built a flimsy fortification on the beach, calling it “La Navidad.” With the consent of the local Indian Chief, Columbus left behind 39 men with orders to establish a settlement, and appointed Diego de Arana, a cousin of his mistress Beatriz, as the Governor.”
Unfortunately, on Christmas morning 1492 Columbus' ship, the Santa María, ran aground on the northern coast of what is now Haiti. Not having any way to refloat her, the crew off-loaded the provisions and equipment from the ship before she broke up. For protection they then built a flimsy fortification on the beach, calling it “La Navidad.” With the consent of the local Indian Chief, Columbus left behind 39 men with orders to establish a settlement, and appointed Diego de Arana, a cousin of his mistress Beatriz, as the Governor.”
-Hank Bracker, The Exciting Story Of Cuba: Understanding Cuba's Present By Knowing Its Past
“My Christmas wish: To feel your arms around me, to have your lips on mine, and to hold you close one more time, while there's time.”
-D.S. Mixell
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“Christmas is about change. It’s a time we open our hearts before we open our presents.”
-Toni Sorenson
“When you give a gift at Christmas and see the smile of the people you love reflected in their faces, that's magical. It is not about spending a lot of money or buy a gift that is functional, it's just a way to say I love you. Christmas is a symbol of union and joy, Christmas is forgetting self and finding time for others.”
-Betty Poluk
“Maybe Christmas is more than a day to receive.
Maybe Christmas, perhaps, is a day to believe.”
Maybe Christmas, perhaps, is a day to believe.”
-Richelle E. Goodrich, Slaying Dragons
“May you find love, joy and hope at Christmas and every day of your life.”
-Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls Of Wisdom: Great Mind
“He took the Who’s feast, he took the Who pudding, he took the roast beast. He cleaned out that ice box as quick as a flash. Why, the Grinch even took their last can of Who hash.”
-Dr. Seuss, How The Grinch Stole Christmas! And Other Stories
“... 'But Gold was not all. The other kings bring Frank Innocence and Mirth.' | Darcourt was startled, then delighted. 'That is very fine, Yerko; is it your own?' | 'No, it is in the story. I saw it in New York. The kings say, We bring you Gold, Frank Innocence, and Mirth.' | 'Sancta simplicitas,' said Darcourt, raising his eyes to mine. 'If only there were more Mirth in the message He has left to us. We miss it sadly, in the world we have made. And Frank Innocence. Oh, Yerko, you dear man.' ...”
-Robertson Davies, The Rebel Angels
“The bell still rings for all who truly believe”
-Chris Van Allsburg, The Polar Express
“Mama Lo can get a bit nasty whenever I play with the cubs. She thinks I'm going to eat one, but they're not to my taste. Too hairy. Now if she'd let me skin one, I might be interested." (Simi)
He laughed in spite of himself. "Are you joking about that?" (Gallagher)
"Oh no. I never joke about hairy food. It's disgusting." (Simi)”
He laughed in spite of himself. "Are you joking about that?" (Gallagher)
"Oh no. I never joke about hairy food. It's disgusting." (Simi)”
-Sherrilyn Kenyon, A Dark-Hunter Christmas
“Christ was born in Bethlehem as
Heaven sang with joy.
Roaming shepherds came to see the
Infant, swaddled boy.
Several wisemen sought him out,
Traveling from afar.
Mary wondered, looking skyward
At a bright, new star.
Sacred was the Christ child's birth.
Sacred is CHRISTMAS.”
Heaven sang with joy.
Roaming shepherds came to see the
Infant, swaddled boy.
Several wisemen sought him out,
Traveling from afar.
Mary wondered, looking skyward
At a bright, new star.
Sacred was the Christ child's birth.
Sacred is CHRISTMAS.”
-Richelle E. Goodrich, Making Wishes
“But I don't like it, okay? I don't like how everything is changing. It's like when you're a kid, you think that things like the holidays are meant to show you how things always stay the same, how you have the same celebration year after year, and that's why it's so special. But the older you get, the more you realize that, yes, there are all these things that link you to the past, and you're using the same words and singing the same songs that have always been there for you, but each time, things have shifted, and you have to deal with that shift. Because maybe you don't notice it every single day. Maybe it's only on days like today that you notice it a lot. And I know I'm supposed to be able to deal with that, but I'm not sure I can deal with that.--David Levithan (p. 201 in galley)”
-David Levithan, The Twelve Days Of Dash And Lily
“It was snowing. It was always snowing at Christmas. December, in my memory, is white as Lapland, though there were no reindeers. But there were cats.”
-Dylan Thomas, A Child's Christmas In Wales
“Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful. ”
-Norman Vincent Peale
“Christmas is not a story of hope. It is hope.”
-Craig D. Lounsbrough
“The phenomenally improbable message of Christmas is that everything that we were convinced was a defeat is in fact a victory in the making.”
-Craig D. Lounsbrough
“The Christmas spirit
whispers softly in my ear
to be of good cheer.”
whispers softly in my ear
to be of good cheer.”
-Richelle E. Goodrich, Being Bold
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